Overview
- Clarifies the systematic character of Locke's philosophy.
- Attends to under-studied dimensions of Locke's work, such as his economic thinking.
- Puts Locke in conversation with contemporary debates in cosmopolitanism & democratic theory.
Part of the book series: African American Philosophy and the African Diaspora (AAPAD)
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"Corey Barnes provides an indispensable and rich elucidation of Alain Locke’s cosmopolitanism and its relationship to democracy. In this book, we get a glimpse of Locke’s wider political philosophical vision of a healthy democracy that places care and concern at the foundation of its proper workings. This is an essential text for anyone looking to understand Locke." (Melvin Rogers, Associate Professor of Political Science and Associate Director of Center for Philosophy, Politics, and Economics, Brown University)
"Corey Barnes has figured out a way to systemize Alain Locke’s thought while retaining its spirit. He does this by interpreting Locke’s thought as a sustained effort to think about and create the conditions for a cosmopolitan community in the first half of the 20th century. Barnes’ Locke is a philosophically sophisticated, thick racial conservationist who battles against what we would call 'white supremacy' today. He is also a proponent of the view that a cultural democracy—undergirded by local, regional, and international law—would benefit humans more than other ways of living together. There is a lot to learn from Barnes’ Locke." (Dwayne Tunstall, Professor of Philosophy, Grand Valley State University)
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Book Title: Alain Locke on the Theoretical Foundations for a Just and Successful Peace
Authors: Corey L. Barnes
Series Title: African American Philosophy and the African Diaspora
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-15004-3
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-15003-6Published: 05 November 2022
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-15006-7Published: 06 November 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-15004-3Published: 04 November 2022
Series ISSN: 2945-5995
Series E-ISSN: 2945-6002
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 279
Topics: Philosophy, general, African American Culture, History of the Americas